SA Council Of Educators 'Absolutely Disgusted' By KZN Teachers Involved In Assault

"This is assault and not corporal punishment."

The SA Council for Educators says it's horrified by a video of a teacher attacking a pupil with a stick, which went viral on social media.

"Absolutely disgusting, this is assault and not corporal punishment".SACE, Thembinkosi Ndlovu

"It is absolutely disgusting, this is assault and not corporal punishment. It is sheer assault. Can you imagine if it was your child getting beaten by a teacher?" the body's Thembinkosi Ndlovu told HuffPost on Tuesday.

"Hopefully once people are exposed, it will help us and it will help society. We want them to be exposed. We believe that would be a deterrent to others who would want to do the same thing."

According to EWN, the provincial education department's Elijah Mhlanga said teachers were expected to protect and guide not to prey on young girls, following a separate incident involving a student who was allegedly gang-raped by educators, including a principal.

The department said it had already alerted the police and expected arrests to be made "soon".

Here's what people had to say on social media:

#AnotherKZNSchool it is absolutely shocking that this is happening in 2017. How is beating a child encourage coming back to school next day